ISRAEL TRUTH TIMES

A blog dedicated to investigating events as they occur in Judea and Samaria, in Israel and in the world, and as they relate to global powers and/or to the Israeli government, public figures, etc. It is dedicated to uncovering the truth behind the headlines; and in so doing, it strives to do its part in saving Judea and Samaria, and by extension, Israel and the Jewish People, from utter destruction at the hands of its many external and internal enemies.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

LET HEADS ROLL FOR TREASON! This might be our salvation from God. So now we MUST DEMAND that article 97 be enforced.That includes PERES, BIBI, BARAK, PEACE NOW, THE NIF, THE SUPREME COURT, ZOABI, TIBI, ETC., ETC.



Thank you, Jack!  Jack writes:    "At the very least, it raises the issue of "rule of law" in bold relief. The pious pretensions of rule of law, when it bangs down on the heads of the hated "settlers" and the right in general, are empty hypocrisy in fact. The Israeli Supreme Court has no notion of rule of law and doesn't care about it. If I were a cartoonist, I would depict the Supreme Court President as a pot bellied redneck sheriff with a vicious dog on a leash in one hand and a sawed-off shotgun in the other, surrounded by his "deputies" saying, "Sure I believe in rule of law. And I am the law."

If they are not going to enforce Article 97, then they have to stand up and repeal it. If they are not going to repeal it, then the State Prosecutor has to start bringing indictments under it. If neither, then we have to ridicule publicly all pretensions of rule of law."


And Shmuel replies:

That is fact.
The Law is there and it is entirely up to the PEOPLE in great masses to demand its application or else. The demand must be rigid, not negotiable, not ever.
If the system does not act on it, then the JEWISH PEOPLE must form civilian courts and dispense Jewish justice.
The JEWISH PARTY MUST BE formed to serve JEWISH NATIONAL INTERESTS.
The Assimilated parties can do as they please about their identification.  We are the JEWISH PARTY.
 
 









Ignorance
Photo: Hagai Nativ Martin Sherman Photo: Hagai Nativ
From Ynet
Land, law and death
Martin Sherman analyzes MK Eldad’s call to enforce death penalty over territorial concession
Martin Sherman
The recent furor over MK Eldad’s call to enforce the death penalty against politicians promoting territorial concessions has given the above clause stark relevance and ignited fierce public debate - fueled mainly by ignorance. Thus an orderly debate of the matter seems both urgent and appropriate
The existing Israeli Penal Code - 1977, Article 97(b) explicitly states:

Heated Debate

MK Eldad: He who gives away lands will be sentenced to death  / Amnon Meranda

Right-wing Knesset members slam government at special meeting held by Knesset's Golan lobby following resumed peace negotiations between Israel, Syria. National Union MK Eldad refers to treason clause in Penal Law. Meretz MK Cohen: Eldad should be probed for incitement. PM's Office: Eldad, his remarks unworthy of a response
Full story

A person who, with intent that any area be withdrawn from the sovereignty of the State or placed under the sovereignty of a foreign state, commits an act calculated to bring this about, is liable to life imprisonment or the death penalty.
Regarding the severity of the penalty prescribed, it ought to be pointed out that Article 96 sets forth the following limitation:
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter (State Security, Foreign Policy, and Official Secret—MS) the Courts will not impose the death penalty unless the offence is committed in a period in which military actions are being conducted by Israel or against it.
Clearly even without the recent official declaration of Gaza as a "hostile entity," it is difficult to see how the current period cannot be considered as anything else but one "in which military actions are being conducted by Israel or against it."

Another aspect of the severity of the penalty prescribed in article 97 is reflected in Article 98 (Causing War) which states:
A person who, with intent to bring about military action against Israel, commits an act to bring this about is liable to fifteen years imprisonment; if he intends to aid and abet the enemy he is liable to the death penalty or life imprisonment.

From this, two things emerge. The first is that Israeli law considers the bringing of war upon the country a lesser offence than an attempt to remove territory from its sovereignty - since it carries a far lighter sentence. The second is that in the eyes of the prevailing law in Israel, the removal of territory from Israeli sovereignty is equivalent - at least in terms of the severity of the prescribed penalty - to aiding and abetting the enemy.
At this point it is difficult to avoid broaching several disturbing questions, for it would seem that almost all Israeli governments (or at least numerous ministers and prime ministers who served in them) since the 1977 Camp David Agreements - and certainly during the last decade and a half since Oslo - have grossly violated article 97(b) of the Penal Code…and are thus liable for the penalties prescribed therein.
Clearly, given today's political realities, no one realistically expects the wholesale execution of government ministers - past or present. Yet the failure of the Israeli legal establishment to activate - or alternatively, to eliminate - such a grave and far-reaching clause raises serious doubts as to the criteria that guide the conduct of the affairs of the nation and in particular the equitable dispensation of justice. In this regard it should be pointed out that since its enactment in 1977, the Israeli Penal code has been continuously updated - including during Olmert's incumbency - yet there has be no attempt to remove, or modify, Article 97.

Of course, one could try to explain away some of the inaction by more abstruse legal interpretations. One could, for example, claim that the legislative intent was to include only areas over which Israel officially claimed sovereignty. But what about the Golan and east Jerusalem – areas over which Israel has effectively extended its sovereignty? Should not those who purposefully act to remove these areas from Israeli sovereignty or place them under the sovereignty of a foreign state be considered in violation of the law? And if not, why not?
Some, like Ariana Melamed, in her recent article "Words can kill" invoke Article 94 which translates roughly into the following:
"An act will not be considered a violation according to this article if it reflects an act of good faith or if it is committed in good faith with the intention to bring about, in ways that are not illegal, changes in the mode of operation of the state or any one of its organs, of a foreign state or one of its organs, or any institution or organization of states"
However in interpreting Article 94 it must be noted it refers to other articles such as: Aiding and abetting the enemy in war(99); Intention to commit treason (100); Serving in forces of the enemy (101); Helping enemy prisoners of war escape (102) ; Dissemination of subversive propaganda (103).

This of course raises some intriguing questions:
1. How is one to reconcile "good faith" with acts of aiding and abetting the enemy in war; intending to commit treason; serving in enemy forces…? What does this entail for the validity of Article 94, its interpretation and scope?
2. While the legality of certain unspecified acts in the context of these articles may be debated, the act of "removing land from Israeli sovereignty" is a specified action which has been designated illegal and carrying the heaviest of penalties. How then can any act of this kind be considered falling under the provisions of Article 94 as being "not illegal"?
3. Surely the existence of "good faith" should be required to be demonstrated in court - unless any act in contravention of Article 97 is to be considered "in good faith"? And even if one might have assumed "good faith" in the heady days of the early ‘90s, how can one assume it today after decade-and-a-half of disastrous failure of the policy of transfer of land to non-Israeli control. Surely at some stage "good faith becomes "bad judgment"?
One could also raise the possibility that the legislative intent was to preclude official government organs and personnel from the prohibitions prescribed in article 97(b). But even if we embrace this improbable position, thorny problems persist. For if this was the original intent, why was it not explicitly specified? Moreover, why was/is the law not enforced against those individuals who were not part of the governmental apparatus and overtly acted to foster transfer territory from undisputed Israeli sovereignty to that of an alien entity?
It was only in 1999 the Administration and Law Arrangements Law passed in which appears to specify conditions under which the government can withdraw sovereignty from territories where it previously prevailed (an absolute majority in the Knesset and a referendum - once the Basic Law specifying the conditions for the conduct of referendum, is passed.)


However, even if the later law is seen as taking precedence, this still leaves open the question of the status of those individuals and organizations (government and non-government) that acted to transfer territory to foreign sovereignty prior to 1999, and of that non-government ones who did so after 1999.

These are questions that cannot be left unanswered. For if the legal establishment genuinely wishes to address and curb the growing erosion in the public trust and confidence it enjoys, it must act vigorously to narrow the growing gap between its own code of conduct and the prevailing public perceptions of common sense and precepts of elemental natural justice.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

"WATCH THE DERIVATIVES" - Good advice! So here are some derivative figures for you.

 

 Video thanks to Carl.

 PS: You don't have to agree with everything this pastor says; still, his financial advice is worth taking.

And speaking of the devil....

It seems to me the following article is a polite way of saying that the banks are going broke ( because of derivatives?), while the next article spells it all out.

 

Banks Set to Cut $1 Trillion From Balance Sheets

BANKING, FINANCIAL SYSTEM, BALANCE SHEETS, BANKS, MARKET, FUNDING, COSTS, REVENUE, EARNINGS
Financial Times
| 25 Mar 2012 | 08:50 PM ET
Investment banks are to shrink their balance sheets by another $1 trillion or up to 7 percent globally within the next two years, says a report that foresees a shake-up of market share in the industry.
Higher funding costs and increased regulatory pressure to bolster capital will force wholesale banks also to cut 15 percent, or up to $0.9 trillion, of assets that are weighted by risk, a joint report by Morgan Stanley and consultants Oliver Wyman predicts.
In addition, banks are expected take out $10 billion to $12 billion in costs by reducing pay, firing employees and paring back investments in areas that are no longer considered core.
“It is really decision time for investment banks,” said Huw van Steenis, analyst at Morgan Stanley. “The market underestimates the degree to which banks will rationalize their portfolios of activities.”
The report says investment banks have taken out about 7 percent of capacity last year and will cut up to another 10th in the next two years.
Reacting to regulatory pressure and the euro zone sovereign debt crisis, a number of banks have embarked on heavy cost-cutting in the past six months, shedding staff and assets and closing down or selling whole units.
Examples include Royal Bank of Scotland, which is removing £70 billion of risk-weighted assets in its investment bank by pulling out of or downsizing cash equities, corporate broking and equity capital markets operations.
Swiss bank UBS is paring back its investment bank by getting out of some fixed income areas and proprietary trading.
Ted Moynihan, partner at Oliver Wyman, said the shake-up would cause 15 per cent of global market share to change hands in the near future.
“It is like a game of musical chairs. Firms will have to choose which operations they prune drastically and in which they have a comparative advantage and are able to invest in scale to win market share,” he said.
The scale of the cuts would help banks to come back to return on equity levels of 12 to 14 percent in the next two years, up from an average of 8 per cent in the past year, Mr van Steenis predicted.
That is based on the assumption that crisis-depressed revenues have reached their lowest level and could rise 5 to 10 percent annually.
But this forecast contrasts with predictions by other analysts and bank executives. “The banking sector will not be able to reach a return on equity beyond 11 to 12 percent this year and next,” the chief executive of one large continental European bank said.
JP Morgan Cazenove predicted in a recent report that a lower revenue base, tighter regulation and stubbornly high staff costs would push down average return on equity to 6.8 percent by 2013.
URL: http://www.cnbc.com/id/46851445/

 

TBTF Get TBTFer: Top 5 Banks Hold 95.7%, Or $221 Trillion, Of Outstanding Derivatives


http://www.zerohedge.com/news/tbtf-get-tbtfer-top-5-banks-hold-957-or-221-trillion-outstanding-derivatives

Every quarter the Office of the Currency Comptroller releases its report on Bank Derivative Activities, and every quarter we find that the Too Big To Fail get Too Bigger To Fail. To wit: in Q4 2011, of the total $230.8 trillion in US outstanding derivatives, the Top 5 banks (JPM, BofA, Morgan Stanley, Goldman and HSBC) accounted for 95.7% of all Derivatives. In some respects this is good news: in Q2, the Top 5 banks held 95.9% of the $250 trillion in derivatives. Unfortunately it is also bad news, because $220 trillion is more than enough for the world to collapse in a daisy chained failure of bilateral netting (which not even all the central banks in the world can offset). What is the worst news, is that the just released report indicates that in addition to everything else, we have now hit peak delusion, as banks now report to the OCC that a record high 92.2% of gross credit exposure is "bilaterally netted." While we won't spend much time on this issue now, it is safe to say that bilateral netting is the biggest lie in modern finance (read How US Banks Are Lying About Their European Exposure; Or How Bilateral Netting Ends With A Bang, Not A Whimper for an explanation of this fraud which was exposed completely in the AIG collapse). And just to put this in global perspective, according to the BIS in the first half of 2011, global derivative gross exposure increased by $107 trillion to a record $707 trillion. It will be quite interesting to get the full year report to see if this acceleration in gross exposure has increased. Because if it has, we will now know that in 2011 European banks were forced up to load up on several hundred trillion in mostly interest rate swap exposure. Which can only mean one thing: when and if central banks lose control of government bond curves, an rates start moving wider again, the global margin call will be unprecedented. Until then we can just delude ourselves that central planners have everything under control, have everything under control, have everything under control.
Top 5 bank derivative exposure:


Exposure by bank:



And the delusion that everyone is somehow hedged. To the tune of $230 trillion!

Monday, March 26, 2012

So, are we just going to take it, or are we going to fight this? Yes indeed, this is U.S. policy. Could it also be Israeli policy??? Reference: Migron, Gush Katif, etc. Muslim take-over of Jewish Lands, compliments of the Israeli government and the Supreme Court of Israel.






 Thanks to Carl.

 

  • Police, IDF Preparing for Migron Expulsion

Police and IDF troops are preparing for the largest expulsion of Jews since Gush Katif, destroyed almost exactly seven years earlier.
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
First Publish: 3/26/2012, 8:32 AM

Expulsion of Gush Katif
Expulsion of Gush Katif

Police and back-up IDF troops are preparing for the largest expulsion of Jews since Gush Katif, destroyed almost exactly seven years ago, immediately after the Ninth of Av, the day of mourning for the destruction of the First and Second Temples.
The training will be totally superfluous if the government reaches a new agreement with residents of Migron, in Samaria, following the High Court decision Sunday that rejected a compromise to expel dozens of families from the community in three years, that is, after new homes can be built on nearby state land.
A senior officer in the Central Command warned two months ago that planning for the expulsion will cause a deterioration of security on several fronts, although the soldiers would serve as back-up reserves in an expulsion while the police take the front lines.
First of all, the training will take soldiers away from combat operations, particularly near Gaza and on the Egyptian and Lebanese borders. The emphasis on Gush Katif expulsion training was widely blamed for the IDF's lack of preparedness in the Second Lebanon War.
Secondly, the destruction of another Jewish community will diminish the strength of  Jewish presence in Samaria in Area C, the area that is controlled by Israel and contains all the Jewish communities in the region. This may encourage the Palestinian Authority, backed by Peace Now, to become the de facto authority in areas where Jews live, although only 4% of Palestinian Arabs live in Area C.
The IDF officer also warned that another expulsion could find the IDF having to deal with severe “price tag” operations against Arabs in protest of the court orders and government policy, unless the Netanyahu administration decides to back a new bill that would pave the way for Migron to remain in its present location.
Synopsis of Migron story:
Migron was built with government help on land whose ownership is unclear, except for the fact that it is not state land. Peace Now launched a lawsuit before the Supreme Court aimed at destroying the community. Since only Magistrate's Courts adjudicate land ownership in Israel, the question of who owned the land was not decided in the Supreme Court, although it seems that some of it was given by King Hussein to Jordanians who never laid claim to it. Jordan was an occupying power in Judea and Samaria from 1949-1967.
The compromise, worked out by MK Benny Begin (Likud) with much difficulty, would have had the residents move to a small, nearby area that is uncontested state land, and have the present Migron houses used by the government for other purposes.
A compromise moving them to a large, new suburb to be built near the existing community of Adam on state land was worked out by the Judea and Samaria Council two years ago, but the residents rejected it, still hoping to save the existing community.
In both compromises, the residents were to remain in Migron until the alternate houses were built. The compromise was agreed to by both government and residents in order to avoid both the violence that accompanied the destruction of the houses at Amona in 2006 and the bitter split in the nation that occurred due to the expulsion from the Katif Bloc in 2005.
The courts, however, made saving Migron in its present location an impossibility and may now have made the new compromise unachievable.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

This is no joke! Food for thought, and quite scary. You Jews - and Christian friends of the Jews - in America, better think of this with your own future in mind.



Thank you, Cynthia - who commented: 


"I just heard this today.  He made this back in 10/10.  Why aren't we hearing him?"
 

Yes Cynthia, you are so right. Never saw this one; it is quite scary, and should make US Jews - and Christians- think about their future now. See what happened in Toulouse yesterday - France is coming to the US.

 I knew it, just didn't know how it would be done; this spells it out so clearly. Since May 2009 I have been warning US Jews on this blog that antisemitism was being heated up deliberately, BY ROME. I have been dissed, ridiculed, called an alarmist, ignored. My warnings were just premature, that's all. It is coming, you better believe it. Not only I have warned; first and foremost Eric Phelps has been saying this, using other venues to arrive to the same conclusion. And so had Rabbi Meir Kahane, and Shifra Hoffman. This video only confirms what we have been saying all along.

 And just to prove this point, see yesterday's news:


New York police have tightened security at Jewish sites in the wake of a shooting that ended the lives of four Jews in Toulouse.
By Chana Ya'ar
First Publish: 3/19/2012, 10:09 PM

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770 Eastern Pkwy World Lubavitch HQ

New York police tightened security Monday at synagogues and other Jewish institutions following an attack hours earlier on the Otzar HaTorah Jewish day school in Toulouse, France.
Police spokesman Paul Browne said NYPD would increase patrols and tighten surveillance around more than 40 sites in response to the attack and other “events abroad.”
Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, his two young sons ages 3 and 6, and the 8-year-old daughter of the school's principal were shot to death by a gunman who arrived on a motorcycle. The gunman used two pistols in the attack and also left an unnamed 17-year-old boy critically injured before escaping the scene.
Two Paris synagogues have received threatening letters since Friday; one of the two was received on Monday morning. “You are the people of Satan, Hell is waiting for you,” was the message written in the letter, sources told the AFP news agency. Paris police have launched an investigation.
Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak noted in testimony before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday that the Lebanon-based Hizbullah terrorist organization is likely to attack Jewish targets worldwide.
Iran patronizes, sponsors and generously funds the group, Barak pointed out, and itself is also dedicated to initiating terror attacks as well.
In recent months a number of Iranian attempts on Israeli and Jewish targets have been foiled in several international venues, among them Thailand, India and Azerbaijan.
 
 So, dear friends, open your eyes and ears, and don't be fooled by the calm before the storm. It is coming to your shores, to my deep regret.

Monday, March 19, 2012

This is our discussion about CDS right after Purim; you hadn't seen that one. I am posting it to clarify points that might be obscure to you.




Here was the discussion that preceded this one:
 Speculation at this point; but what if we are righ...

And see here for current events and the latest info:



11:13 PM Dov: Hello, how is it going? any hint on what is coming with regards to Greece? According to the WSJ the participation was just over 80%. So everyone saying over 95% and 85% were lying all day on Friday. ISDA did declare a default, but claims that only 3.2 billion in CDS insurance will be triggered.
11:14 PM Dov: I think that they are pretending that they haven't made a hornet's nest. ok sorry.
 me: Nothing to be sorry about. This is vital for all of us, and thank you for reminding me. We will need to analyze this situation deeply tonight specially.
12:15 AM Dov: WSJ seems to be saying that there is only 80% participation, and that ISDA did declare this a default. And 3.2 billion in CDSs have been "approved". If they approve any CDS to be paid out, how does this prevent others from saying,
  Let me sue for some of that insurance money too.
12:16 AM me: Dov, off hand, before even reading, it seems to me this is the beginning of the end at least for the big banks. But when will it fall apart? How urgent is the situation? Let me read about it,
12:18 AM Dov: Yea, this is looking like a slow moving freight train that just started to chug.
12:21 AM me: So your dates were right on target.Today I was reading the Artscroll version of Megillat Esther, and they discuss in great details how the dates prophecized by Yirmiyahu were misinterpreted by various entities, and how they all panned out exactly at the end, from the destruction of the Beith Hamikdash, exactly 70 years. The Zohar is not prophecy but I guess close to it, if these events are any clue. And Kol Hakavod to you for bringing this to our attention!
12:22 AM Thank you.
 Dov: I missed by a half a year.
 me: No you didn't!
  You said either Succoth or Purim.
12:23 AM And about tomorrow you were right.
12:24 AM WE were too fast in rushing to warn people, a shame because we lost credibility and now it is crying wolf one time too many. But we didn't count with the countless shenanigans of the PTB.
 Dov: Yes, tomorrow is exactly 72.5 years after the beginning of WW2. which is really at dawn in a few hours when the Blitzkrieg occurred.
12:25 AM me: Psalm 22 ( Kaf Beth) is very auspiciously read on Purim if you have a Bakasha. So I read it, and it mentions Ayelet Hashachar.
12:26 AM Dov: And the ones who have the most to lose from the Euro's collapse are Germany and Italy. Yes, many say that Ayelet HaShachar is Venus which can show up as early as Alot HaShachar.
 me: Maybe we should stay up tonight and daven, read Tehillim
 Dov: I will try that for an hour. I am trying to give up allnighters.
12:27 AM me: It reminds me of Birkat Hachamah 3 years ago.
 Dov: You do know that Birkat HaChama every 28 years made more sense with the Julian calendar than the Gregorian calendar. Halakhah has not yet adjusted to that change.
 me: I am even surprised that they declared the CDS. I guess they didn't have a choice, did they?
12:29 AM So? Re: the calendar.
12:30 AM Dov: Yes, they got less than 95%. Ah the Julian calendar's juxtaposition with the day of the week and the cycles of the sun happens every 28 years if one assumes a 365.25 length to the solar year.
12:31 AM The juxtaposition does not work with the Gregorian calendar.
 me: So this thing happened a day or so before the due date. What do you expect exactly at that time? What other developments do you foresee for this week-end? Bank holiday? I would venture to say not yet. What about you?
12:32 AM Dov: The Gregorian year is 365.2425 days. Yes, not a bank holiday yet. This seems to be a slow moving steam roller. It is hard to predict exactly when it starts to roll over us.
 me: A couple of people have written to me, asking me if they should take their money out of Israeli banks. I hesitate to give any kind of advice.
12:33 AM I would say, not at this time, but be prudent and keep the minimum there.
  Even US banks, only the ones with CDS exposure, right?
12:34 AM Dov: We will have a better idea on Monday when markets and banks have time to react after digesting the news of the default. Also private investors who jumped for the deal will have time to reassess what they should do now that CDSs have been released. This is all so odd but complicated. Jim Sinclair said that there are five US banks that issue CDS for the entire globe. I believe that you mentioned them.
12:35 AM me: I think so.
12:36 AM Dov: Three of those banks issue about 75% of credit for credit cards.
  BOA, Citi, and of course Chase
  that is JPMorgan Chase
 me: So banks outside of those five are not at immediate risk of bankruptcy, at least not from that. But the question is, what happens when the banks that do have Greek bonds start asking for their insurance money, and don't get it because it's all gone... oh, yes, I forgot, QE3,4,5, etc. Dollar devaluation.
12:37 AM Yes, you are right about the credit cards. It is a good idea to have a few spread out among various banks. I did that and I am glad.
 Dov: Yes, the printing press is a complicating factor in all this. When in doubt, print.
 me: So if one fails there are the others at least.
12:38 AM Dov: Well once big banks start to fail, the runs begin, and the situation gets ugly fast.
 me: Still, let's say that Bank A files for insurance, has billions in Greek Italian Spanish German French etc. bonds. No more money, ot at least not more useful money. What happens to those banks, then? They too go down.
12:39 AM The government will try to bail them out again, but with what? China will run, India will run, etc.
12:40 AM Bailout with funny money. Next step, raiding personal accounts, or is there a need, for more funny money? More like gold confiscation. raiding of safe deposit boxes?
 Dov: BOA and Citi are still in bad shape from the subprime mortgage debacle. They have never really recovered.
12:41 AM me: And what about Israeli banks? With money tied up in Apple. By the way, does Israel have GOLD reserves at all? If they don't they better.
 
 Dov: I don't know.
12:42 AM me:I don't know either. Most countries are mentioned by gold reserves, not Israel. A big mistake on Israel's part if they don't have any. If they don't mention it but do have, smart.
12:43 AM If the banks fail, do you think they will steal money out of people's accounts?
12:44 AM MF global stole gold, AND CASH, right? Which went straight to fund JP Morgan.
 Dov: I find it interesting that Bloomberg early Friday morning ran his mouth off declaring that participation was over 95%. And today it is 15% lower than that. These Erev Rav financial sites just lie so much that it is really hard to find brilliant analysis. Tyler is not going out on a limb either.
 me: I mean, with the printing press, who needs to steal cash?
12:45 AM They did that so people wouldn't rush to their banks, I would say.
  But then, does that mean that Monday will be a dangerous day for people's bank accounts?
12:46 AM I still didn't read all the articles about what happened.
 Dov: I don't know. When I minored in Economics, there was no such thing as a derivative, much less an ISDA either.
 me: What other motivation would Bloomberg have for lying, if not to protect their banker friends.
12:47 AM Dov: Well Bloomberg wants to reelect Obama.
  in addition to the reason of preventing panic.
 me: So what does a lie do that is being discredited 24 hours later???
  I would have interpreted it that they were trying to buy time for the banks.
12:48 AM Dov: He causes the stock market to go up on the news keeping people happy about their retirement accounts. He also spurs on the fraud known as consumer confidence.
 me: So there wouldn't be a run on Friday. After that they have the week-end to manipulate the situation to their advantage,
12:49 AM Dov: correct. They are two days ahead of everyone else except G-d
 me: And Israelis who can go to the bank and withdraw cash on Sunday.
  And Chinese, and Arabs, etc. But Westerners are screwed.
12:50 AM Dov: yes, you think that people will withdraw their money tomorrow here? I don't know.
 me: So should we interpret that lie to the effect that maybe after all it would be prudent to assume a bank run worldwide? A bank holiday Monday
12:51 AM I don't think they will unless they are informed. Right now they are NOT informed because of all this obfuscation. It is very confusing if you don't try to analyze it deeply.
12:52 AM Just from the headlines one wouldn't. What would make me think that maybe it is a good idea is Bloomberg's lie that you just mentioned. It tells me they are trying to hide something , what is it?
 Dov: Yes, when the WSJ says this: A panel convened by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association determined late Friday that Greece's use of the collective-action clauses had breached the rights of bondholders, and authorized payouts on the contracts.
12:53 AM One needs a Masters degree in post 2000 economics to know what to do.
12:54 AM me: That is the internet blackout they were mentioning, I think. Deliberate confusion, so people won't know what to do, what to think.
  Bottom line.
  The big 5 will go broke, I don't see how they could not, Too many contracts out there, right?
12:55 AM The US will print money to no end.
  Gold will be the only good money to have, just not in the US where it can be confiscated.
  Or silver.
12:56 AM A lot of credit cards will eventually cease to function., others will be needed.
  Only rock solid banks will continue to stand.
 Dov: Then the very next paragraph says this:
  ISDA said an auction would be held March 19 to determine how much holders of the contracts would be paid. There is a total of $3.2 billion in outstanding contracts, after subtracting the contracts bought and sold by the same firm. The payouts would total no more than that sum.
  Now this is where I get confused. How can there be only 3.2 billiion dollars in contracts?
12:57 AM This makes no sense.
 me: That does not makes sense.
 me: After substracting the contracts bought and sold by the same firm,. What does that mean>???
 Dov: That is the article.
12:58 AM me: Chinese in English.
  And why hold an auction? Doesn't the contract spell out its value? How much is covered? What kind of cockamamie insurance deal is that?
12:59 AM Dov: I find it confusing. There was a time when I could read somethng about finance and understand it. Lately it all sounds like gobbity gook.
 me: If my house is worth 100,000, that is what is covered. If the bonds are worth 100.000, that is what should be paid out, minus whatever can be recovered directly by selling them.
1:00 AM It is gobbeldy gook
 Dov: which is why there probably will be no run on the banks until they start going bellyup.
1:01 AM me: So in essence the banks themselves are acting like Greece, saying they will pay, say, 40 cents on the dollar? After auction? Glad I don't own any of those bonds.
 Dov: since no one really understands the consequences.
  except those with everything to lose
  and they aren't talking
 me: They are basically saying they will only pay a small portion.
1:02 AM Dov: How does that happen?
 me: So they don't go belly up. Them, and Greece.
  What happens?
 Dov: So what is Tyler saying?
1:03 AM me: Let me read, I'll be back.
1:08 AM me: OK. Will read it. Now I am reading the the WSJ article. What that tells me is that the 5 big banks are big holders of those contracts, and they are obviously not paying themselves. That is what the 3.2 billion dollars are, the rest of the holders of the bonds. The five bid ones are the other holders. So one way or another the big 5 will lose, either by paying out contracts, or simply by not getting their money back from Greece.
  And this is only the beginning. Wait for other countries' bonds.
1:09 AM I was reading that Goldman Sachs got Greece into this situation. They were going broke there already, and they stuck Greece with their bill. Now they will have no choice but to lose no matter what. Same with the other 4.
1:11 AM Dov: So does the dew hit the fan in the next couple of weeks by the March 20th date? or did they just extend their lives for Heaven knows how long?
 me: For each €100 in bonds, creditors get €15 in high-quality, short-term bonds issued by the euro zone's rescue fund, and €31.5 in new Greek bonds that mature 11 to 30 years in the future.
1:12 AM In essence, creditors are getting 15 cents of the dollars, in Euro bonds that could also default in the near future by the way. The rest is hot air.
 Dov: Is this about to get ugly imminently?
1:13 AM me: Imagine having a few billion dollars of those securities.
  Big and good question. Let me think.
  Plus whatever they can get from the big 5, probably a few cents more.
  Certainly not the value of their contract, no doubt.
1:14 AM The BANKS THEMSELVES WILL BE IN DEFAULT, if they don't pay up. Isn't that bankrupty?
  Who can declare them in default?
1:15 AM By March 20th the big 5 will be in default, if the definition of default is not paying your bills????
 Dov: Jim Sinclair let me google him. He seems to have inside info. So you are saying that the reason why they only have to pay out 3.2 billion is because they don't have to pay themselves. Hmm.
  yes, that is the definition.
1:16 AM me: Isn't that what the article says? It say , 3.2 billion, after substrating the contracts BOUGHT AND SOLD BY THE SAME FIRM>
  Which firm would both buy a contract , and sell one? Only one that can do that, with other words, one of the big 5. Unless they sold the contracts to each other, possibly.
1:17 AM Dov: OMG. Is it that simple?
 me: It seems to me.
 Dov: Who are the 20% that did not agree to this? Do they get paid too?
 me: So there are a few outside contract buyers, but the majority were bought by the big 5.
1:18 AM Those 20% make up 9 billion. Right?
1:20 AM I have a headache, can't concentrate right now. Sorry
1:21 AM Dov: and now the WSJ is saying that worries over the Euro debt crisis have now eased. I get a headache just from the lies.
 me:1:22 AM I need a break.
  This is very difficult to understand and read.
1:23 AM Dov:  take a break. I guess it will wait until morning. Israelis won't figure this out either. So I don't expect a run on the banks tomorrow.
  or today since tomorrow is really today.
 me: I am not going to sleep yet,. Will just drink some tea. Want to get that straight before Alot Hashachar.
1:24 AM Dov: ok let me know if you can figure this out. I will try to see what Jim Sinclair is saying.
 me: I doubt that Israeli banks will close on Monday,. I think the can has been kicked for another 8 days, What date is that according to the Zohar>]
  Till March 19, when they do their auction.
1:25 AM Dov: Well RH Nisan is March 23rd at sundown. This year that is Shabbat.
 me: Calm before the storm. Another week.,
  Anything important Zohar wise?
1:26 AM The bottom line: they are royally screwed.
  the big 5
  To begin with
  Will read Zero hedge, Jim Sinclair, WSJ, and then will see.
  OMG
1:31 AM me: He knows his stuff.
1:32 AM So, I would say, YES. Run on the banks! If enough people read Jim Sinclair. Do they?
  And not only on the big 5.
  What about Bank Leumi?
1:33 AM International Banks too, German, French, Italian, Swiss, Spanish, Brazilian, Chinese, or what?
 Dov: I don't know. This looks incredibly large. No one can print 37 trillion dollars.
1:34 AM me: They OWE on all that money, and just for Greece? That's derivatives for you.
1:36 AM Dov: 37 trillion dollars??? that much money for Greece?
 me: Seems quite unbelievable. how could it be so much?
1:38 AM Funny, he is also mentioning inflation as the direct consequence.
 Dov: Well don't ask me. I haven't quite figured out what a derivative is. The best explanation that I have heard so far is hot air pretending to be money
 me: But the other day he was saying the ISDA were only 5 banks. Now he says it is also international banks.
1:39 AM Your definition is about right.
  hot NEGATIVE air pretending to be money, giant vacuum cleaner sucking money out of the system.
1:40 AM Money which SOME rich CEO's pay themselves in salaries wasted on airplanes, mansions, orgies, etc. etc. etc
 Dov: It seems that the derivatives are part of the structure of this house of cards. The cards themselves might be worth a few tens of billions but the hot air is "worth" a lot more than that.
 me: And of course the Vatican Bank getting rich in gold.
1:42 AM I need to read this carefully and analyze it all. But tachles, what does it mean to us? Run, or no run? And on which banks????
  And when?
1:44 AM Do you think the bank of Israel might also confiscate gold?
 Dov: In Israel silver is not really traded, except amongst the Chareidim. silver religious items and silver coins for Kohanim and the like.
1:45 AM me: Yes, but do you think they might just take away gold from people if SHTF in Israel,. which it might too after all, they are exposed I am sure.
1:46 AM Dov: I don't know the SH never yet HTF before.
 me: Tsenna
1:47 AM When they restricted even food, half an egg a person. In the 50s., was it?
1:48 AM I am going to read more now.
1:49 AM Dov: ok let me know later. I might say some Tehillim and then go to bed.
 me: OK. Good. Thanks for all the info. Good night.

14 minutes
2:03 AM Dov: I am sorry. another OMG.
2:05 AM me: Am reading.
  Thanks.
  That is the gobblity gook ISDA statement.
2:06 AM at 2:48pm on Shushan Purim
 me: So why OMG?
2:07 AM Dov: Because Forbes is confirming CDSs over 15 trillion dollars
2:08 AM me: OH. I didn't read the article yet. I was just listening to Jim Sinclair. Not interesting.
  Will read this now.
  Thanks
2:10 AM Dov: Just email me later. This seems to be big after all. The CDSs were triggered at 2:48 on Friday afternoon.

50 minutes
3:01 AM me: "zero hedge comment:
 Dov: huh
 me: 4:07p ISDA: most Greek CDS exposure is collateralized
Greece will hand over gold reserves

Fri, 03/09/2012 -
That was the entire purpose of this whole Farce
3:02 AM Dov: I just happened to get up. because I sense something apocalyptic, and ..
3:03 AM me: With other words, if I understand correctly, thanks to the CDS trick, JP Morgan etc, Will get all richer, inherit Greece's gold! Should have figured this. So this whole shtick was planned in advance.
 Dov: So no one is collapsing?
3:04 AM Or are prices worldwide going to triple overnight.
 
3:05 AM These banksters are brilliant. Only G-d is smarter.
 me: I don't know. How much does Greece have in gold? Is it enough to cover all the debts? Most likely not,. But the banks will be bailed out, once again. Exactly. INFLATION, inflation, superinflation. particularly in the US,. While the banks get QE 3,4,5, plus all the gold of every country where the CDS get activated.
  Didn't I tell you before that would happen?
3:06 AM Just didn't think on top of it the banks would get the gold. I figured the ECB would., Not the private banks,
  Or is it all the same, it all ends up in Rome anyway.
 Dov: Yes, you said that these banksters know how to protect themselves.
  So when does this hit the fan?
 me: I mean, I said inflation, QE, etc.
3:07 AM It hits when people can't afford basics any more.
  But who says the banks will suffer?
 Dov: Jim Sinclair seems to be talking about prices tripling overnight.
 me: They will get trillions of worthless dollars.
  So maybe that is what we should expect - when, though?
3:08 AM So, what about a run on the banks, does it still make sense?
 Dov: with gold tripling, it means prices are tripling. I don't know. I am not the expert. Something tells me that the banksters didn't figure on a bank run.
3:09 AM They cannot control chaos
 me: The thing to own is gold, gold, and more gold - and silver of course.
3:10 AM Dov: Yet, Silver going above $50 puts JP Morgan out of business. I wonder how they will prevent that from happening?
  They are short on silver
3:11 AM me: Good point. Have no idea. What a mess! So what does the Zohar have to say about what should happen tomorrow?
  IF they were right on the date, why shouldn't they be right on the contents?
3:13 AM Dov: It says that if Mashiach does not come or only makes a quick appearance in the Galil in the year 5766 after Pesach, then we wait six more years until 5772 and one half, and then the ball gets rolling in a way that our Chareidi gedolim can't screw it up for the rest of us which is why it was delayed 6 years to begin with.
3:14 AM There are no more collective tests to fail this time.
  only individual tests
  this is now b'itah all the way. So tests even in the area of common decency for the Klal are over.
3:15 AM OK. And what about our Erev Rav Amalekites?
 Dov:
  They lose their power when the fiat money system collapses.
3:16 AM me:
  Why? don't you think they have plenty stashed away?
3:17 AM Dov:
 me: The Ehud Baraks and co,. are super millionaires. Plenty of gold too, I am sure.
  Sorry.
3:18 AM Clinton, Obama, all very, very rich.
 Dov: I think that when the Euro collapses and the world economy goes south, the system of bribery by the Europeans and the US State Dept. will also collapse.
3:19 AM me: According to Jim Sinclair ( his tape I just listened to), It is not the Euro that will collapse, but the dollar.
 Dov: Oh wonderful. So the currency of the Ayin Ra lives on. very odd. Send me the link to his tape. What is his time frame?
3:20 AM me: Then they will start a war - another one- and just impose their will by force.
3:21 AM No time frame, just gradual collapse of the dollar due to loss of reserve currency status.
  If I recall no time frame, I wasn't very attentive
3:22 AM They are not shy anymore. It is all being exposed. Like the last video I sent out about Obama and Panetta and NATO. And the Vatican scheming it is all coming out into the open.
 Dov: But what did he say about the 37 trillion to be paid off? Is not that a shock to the system?
3:23 AM me: Because they plan to use force.
  He didn't discuss that at all.
  Only gold, and the dollar.
  Anyway, the 14 trillion that Forbes was discussing, I think, was covering ALL CDS's, not only Greek ones.
3:24 AM I don't know where Jim Sinclair got that figure.
  Jim was attributing those 37 trillion to Greece alone. Very different figures.
  Still huge, but a big difference.
3:25 AM He was talking hyperinflation, like Germany.
  Which is what you just mentioned too.
3:26 AM So we can expect to pay 100,000$ for a loaf of bread, and that will be cheap! Not here, though, in the US.
 Dov: Yes, something is not adding up with the MSM. If CDSs are triggered those who supposedly accepted the deal out of fear may change their mind and fight for the insurance.
3:27 AM me: Remember the trillion marks for a loaf of bread, leading to Hitler, So who is our Hitler? Coming from Rome. Not to forget our Muslim Hitler helpers.
3:28 AM 
 me: An enormous debt, so enormous it is unfathomable.
  Good night. Tomorrow is another day, hopefully.
3:29 AM Freaky, utterly freaky.